Volleyball Drops 3-2 Match Against Northeastern At Beanpot Classic

Rebecca DeSanti

Aug 27, 2010

WORCESTER,
Mass. – Sophomore Megan
Lynch(Mendham,
N.J.) recorded her third-straight double digit kills
performance with 15, but the Huskies had three players post
double-digit kills as the Holy Cross volleyball team fell to
Northeastern, 3-2, on Friday night at the Beanpot Classic at the
Holy Cross Field House. The Huskies won by scores of 19-25, 22-25,
25-19, 25-17, and 15-6. With the loss, the Crusaders fall to a 2-1
record, which is their best start to a season since 2001. The
Huskies improve to 1-1 overall. The tournament continues for the
Crusaders tomorrow at 10:30 a.m., when they take on Fordham at
Power Gym at Boston College.

Lynch led the attack for the
Crusaders with 15 kills, while she also had six digs. Senior setter
Chelsey
O'Donnell (Pittsburgh, Pa.) doled out 40 assists and
registered 14 digs for her first double-double of the season and
20th of her career. Senior Rebecca
DeSanti (Stratford, Conn.) compiled 10 kills as this
was the fourth time in her career that she recorded double-digit
kills. Senior libero Angela
Chisholm (Millis, Mass.) amassed 11 digs. Freshman
Alex
Aycock (Jonesboro, Ark.) capped off
an impressive rookie debut as she recorded nine kills and had 24
kills over the three matches, while junior Kathleen
Colpoys (Scituate, Mass.) had a solid match with eight
kills.

The Huskies freshman Janelle Tucker
recorded a double-double with 18 kills and 11 digs, while fellow
rookie Kelly Bacon helped the effort with 17 kills. Senior Britney
Brown registered 33 assists and 11 kills. Of the 62 team digs, 21
came via senior Jessica LaScola, while freshman Brianna Hollis
recorded 10. Freshman Ina Kamenova helped her team with 23
assists.

After Holy Cross won the first two
sets, the Crusaders could not cross the 20-point threshold in the
third set as the Huskies won the final three points to force the
fourth set. Northeastern jumped out to a 7-1 lead to begin the
fourth and had streaks of six and four points to make it a five-set
match. The final set saw Northeastern dominate and reel off seven
points to lead 11-2 and ultimately win the match.

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